Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread

[Edwardo Piet]

he [Ne] flat out admitted he's only interested in seeking knowledge that reconfirms his own viewpoint.

You are wrong. I said that knowledge is not an end in-and-of itself....at least not with regards to mission work, the topic of that thread. "Man by his nature desires to know" and the pursuit of pure knowledge does have value. In context however, Christian mission work is more like engineering than mathematics. This is just another example of you twisting my words.

No, I'm not twisting your words... you're just completely blind to the very clear conclusion that your words entail. And, as you're still clearly logically blind to it: If knowledge is not an end in itself but is merely an end to further Christianity then you have no reason to seek knowledge to refute Christianity which is precisely what confirmation bias is all about: being unwilling to seek knowledge that goes against what you already believe

I don't have to say that you said what you said word for word to point out what you say actually says--as in entails--something else that you have clearly missed. If you say that all X is ultimately Y but you fail to notice that what you say also entails that all X is ultimately Z and I say that you're therefore also saying that all X is also Z you can't say I am twisting your words just because you didn't explicitly mention Z. What one's intended meaning is and what one's semantic meaning is, can be completely separate. Regardless of what you intend to say, what you actually said entailed a very clear position of confirmation bias on your part.